Mitochondrial Donation in a Reproductive Care Pathway for mtDNA Disease

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Pathogenic variants in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are a common cause of severe, often fatal, inherited metabolic disease. A reproductive care pathway was implemented to provide women carrying pathogenic mtDNA variants with reproductive options. A total of 22 women with pathogenic mtDNA variants have commenced or completed pronuclear transfer (and thus receipt of a mitochondrial donation), and there have been 8...

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